Arts > Music > Rock > USA > Eddie Van Halen   1955-2020

Van Halen backstage

at the Lewisham Odeon, 27 May 1978

Photograph: Fin Costello

Redferns

Eddie Van Halen – a life in pictures

The Van Halen guitarist,

known for his thrilling and acrobatic guitar playing,

has died at the age of 65.

Van Halen,

who was born in Amsterdam and grew up in California,

helped make the rock band named after him

one of the biggest of the 1980s

G

Tue 6 Oct 2020    22.50 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2020/oct/06/
eddie-van-halen-life-in-pictures

Van Halen poses for a studio portrait in 1978

Photograph: Fin Costello/Redferns

Eddie Van Halen – a life in pictures

The Van Halen guitarist,

known for his thrilling and acrobatic guitar playing,

has died at the age of 65.

Van Halen,

who was born in Amsterdam and grew up in California,

helped make the rock band named after him

one of the biggest of the 1980s

G

Tue 6 Oct 2020    22.50 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2020/oct/06/
eddie-van-halen-life-in-pictures

You Really Got Me    1978    (2015 Remaster)

Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner Records

Music video    You Really Got Me (2015 Remaster) · Van Halen

℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GklzVAF62Hw

Eddie Van Halen    1955-2020

Eddie Van Halen ('s)

razzle-dazzle guitar-playing

— combining complex harmonics,

innovative fingerings and ingenious devices

he patented for his instrument —

made him the most influential

guitarist of his generation

and his band, Van Halen,

one of the most popular rock acts of all time

(...)

Mr. Van Halen structured his solos

the way Macy’s choreographs

its Independence Day fireworks shows:

shooting off rockets of sound

that seemed to explode

in a shower of light and color.

His outpouring of riffs, runs and solos

was hyperactive and athletic, joyous and wry,

making deeper or darker emotions

feel irrelevant.

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https://www.npr.org/artists/485538036/
van-halen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Van_Halen_discography

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/
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arts/music/eddie-van-halen.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2020/oct/06/
eddie-van-halen-life-in-pictures

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/
834995224/eddie-van-halen-guitar-hero-dies-at-65

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/
arts/music/eddie-van-halen-songs.html

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arts/music/eddie-van-halen-dead.html

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/
van-halen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
David_Lee_Roth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
David_Lee_Roth_discography

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/arts/music/
van-halen-at-madison-square-garden.html

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david-lee-roth-van-halen

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valen-halen-david-lee-roth

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